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IBH 4AB6A

Social Entrepreneurship Capstone

Undergraduate

Fall 2025 · C01

Topics

  • Course Introduction; What is Social Entrepreneurship?
  • Social Innovation, Business & Coloniality
  • Systems Thinking for Social Impact
  • Impact Gaps Canvas I & Systems Mapping
  • Impact Gaps Canvas II & Ecosystem Analysis
  • Design Thinking for Social Ventures
  • Business Model Canvas: Structuring Ventures
  • Storytelling for Impact
  • Marketing, Branding & Communications
  • Technology, Financial Modelling & Legal Basics
  • Measuring Social & Environmental Impact
  • Workshop: Pitch Practice & Peer Feedback
  • Final Presentations & Pitches

Readings

  • • Surman, T. (2018). Unlocking Canadian Social Innovation. Centre for Social Innovation.
    Required
  • • Okun, T. (2001). White Supremacy Culture. ChangeWork.
    Required
  • • Phills Jr., J.A., Deiglmeier, K., & Miller, D.T. (2008). Rediscovering Social Innovation. SSIR.
    Required
  • • Goodchild, M. (2021). Relational Systems Thinking. JABSC.
    Required
  • • Nilsson, W., & Paddock, T. (2013). Social Innovation from the Inside Out. SSIR.
    Required
  • • Ackermann, R. (2023). Design Thinking Was Supposed to Save the World. MIT Tech Review.
    Required
  • • Kothari, A., Salleh, A., Escobar, A., & Demaria, F. (2019). Finding Pluriversal Paths.
    Required
  • Ansari, A. (2017). The Work of Design in the Age of Cultural Simulation, or, Decoloniality as Empty Signifier in Design. https://aansari86.medium.com/the-symbolic-is-just-a-symptom-of-the-real-or-decoloniality-as-empty-signifier-in-design-60ba646d89e9
    Required
  • Surman (2018)
    See source
  • Okun (2001); Ansari (2017)
    See source
  • Goodchild (2021)
    See source
  • Phills et al. (2008)
    See source
  • Nilsson & Paddock (2013)
    See source
  • Ackermann (2023)
    See source
  • Review
    See source
  • Posted cases/exemplars
    See source
  • Kothari et al. (2019)
    See source
Sources